When you think of the ongoing problems of state government in Illinois, where do you think we need to look first, and why. And, more importantly, what would you do to fix it?

We take your calls and turn to Kent Redfield, a professor of political science at the University of Illinois at Springfield; and Bernie Schoenberg, a political columnist for the Springfield State Journal Register, for their takes. 

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